field
Field may refer to:
Expanses of open ground
* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
* Lawn, an area of mowed grass
* Meadow, a grass ...
and
indoor hockey
Indoor hockey is an indoor variant of field hockey. It is similar to the outdoor game in that two teams compete to move a hard ball into the goal of the opposing side using hockey sticks. Indoor hockey is played on a smaller area and between sm ...
player from
Australia
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.
Personal life
Holly Evans was born and raised in
Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...
.
Introduced to hockey by family at a young age, Evans' father Roy coached hockey for South Australia at a national level, whilst her older brother Dylan has also played representative hockey for the SA Hotshots.
Evans currently resides in her home city of Adelaide, where she works as an Exercise Physiologist.
Career
Domestic hockey
Club level
Evans started playing hockey at age 7 for Burnside HC. She transferred clubs to North East HC (NEHC) whilst still a junior player. At just age 12, she made her debut for the NEHC Division 1 women's team in
Hockey SA
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...
's Premier League competition. Evans is a life member of NEHC, where she is continues to represent the club as a player-coach in the Premier League division.
Hockey Australia
Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in A ...
's former premier domestic competition, in 2004. She was a member of her home state's representative team, the
SA Suns
The SA Suns (formerly Southern Suns - prior to 2015) are a women's field hockey team based in South Australia that competes in the Australian Hockey League (AHL).
The SA Suns won national championships in 1995 and 2011.
Current Team
The followi ...
. During her ten-year AHL career, Evans won one national title with the side, at the 2011 edition of the tournament.
In 2019, following the overhaul of the AHL and subsequent introduction of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League, Evans was named in the preliminary
Adelaide Fire
Adelaide Fire is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.
The c ...
squad for
season one Season One may refer to:
Albums
* ''Season One'' (Suburban Legends album), 2004
* ''Season One'' (All Sons & Daughters album), 2012
* ''Season One'' (Saukrates album), 2012
See also
*
*
* Season 2 (disambiguation)
* Season 4 (disambiguat ...
of the new league. She went on to represent the Adelaide Fire in every match of the league, with the team finishing in third place.
International hockey
Hockeyroos
Known for her speed and swift stick skills, Evans made her international debut for
Australia
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in early 2010 during a test-series against
New Zealand
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in
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
.
Evans secured a place in the 2011 national squad, working towards a potential Olympic appearance in 2012. She made her first appearance at a major tournament during the
Oceania Cup
The Oceania Cup is an international men's field hockey competition organised by Oceania Hockey Federation (OHF). It is held every two years to determine which teams will receive an automatic berth to the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup and Summer Olymp ...
in
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
, where she won a silver medal.
Indoor
In addition to field hockey, Evans also made an impact on the hard court, being selected in the Australian Indoor Squad from 2007 to 2016 and impressively competing at two FIH Indoor World Cups.
Evans competed at the
2011
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and
2015
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FIH Indoor World Cups, finishing in eighth position on both occasions.
Recognition & Awards
*
Hockey SA
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...
Premier League Women's Best & Fairest – (2009 and 2016)